Common Health for the Commonwealth – 2014 Annual

Celebrating 94 years of promoting and protecting the health of the residents of the Commonwealth

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Celebrating 94 years of promoting and protecting Submitted to the Board of Directors by Susan Servais, Executive Director July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 the health of the residents of the Commonwealth MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH COUNCIL, INC. TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 1 – 3 MHC Mission Statement Executive Director’s Message President’s Message

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4

EDUCATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION 5 – 12 January 2014 16th Annual Pharmacy Public Health Policy Symposium April 2014 • Policy Program: Integration of Behavioral and Medical Health • Barber/Beauty Shop Health Information Dissemination Project • State House Health Fair for Legislators and staffs June 2014 Annual Meeting – Storefront Health Care Guest Speakers at Board and Committee Meetings

AS AN ADVISOR TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 13 – 15 • Governor’s Prevention and Wellness Trust Advisory Board • MA Dept. of Public Health Preventive Health and Human Services Block Grant Advisory Board • State Health Improvement Plan Coalition

2013 AWARD DINNER 16 – 17

COMMITTEES 18 – 19

MEDIA COVERAGE 19

FY14 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS 20 – 21 MISSION AND GOALS

The Massachusetts Health Council, Inc. (MHC) is • The largest and the oldest health council in the country working to create healthier individuals and communities by concentrating on the pressing health care issues of access to care, quality, cost, and prevention. • A non-profit, non-partisan statewide organization of more than 150 governmental and voluntary agencies, consumer and advocacy groups, professional societies, and private corporations committed to improving and protecting the health of the residents of the Commonwealth. • A forum where health care leaders – often from opposing sides of health policy issues – come together to make a difference in improving health. • An organization playing a very active and successful role in shaping the development of policy on numerous health issues over the past decades. • The author and publisher of a nationally recognized report “Common Health for the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Trends in the Determinants of Health”.

Mission of the Massachusetts Health Council • Inform and educate members and the general public • Foster communication and cooperation among the health care community • Sponsor forums for the debate of public health issues • Review and take positions on proposals that safeguard health and promote wellness • Provide a clearinghouse for ideas that generate opportunities and enthusiasm for feasible solutions to the common goals of improved health for the state’s population

Membership Benefits Networking Membership in the Massachusetts Health Council provides the opportunity to network with policy makers and health care leaders from every sector of the health care arena, both public and private. Provocative Forums Quarterly educational forums feature debates on significant and timely health care issues. Speakers are noted for their expertise and contribution to the development of state and national health care policy. A sampling of past forum topics includes: Right to Live, Right to Die, Who Decides?; National Health Care Reform; Preventing and Controlling Obesity; Creating a Culture of Prevention for the 21st Century, National Health Care Reform and It’s Impact on Massachusetts, Payment Reform: Opportunity or Risk?; Integration of Behavioral and Medical Health Care; Storefront Health Care– a New Delivery Model Biennial Health Status Indicator Report The Massachusetts Health Council’s Common Health for the Commonwealth report reflects data and trends, progress in our public health goals, and focused perspectives from experts in each field. The report measures rates of poverty, access to care, lack of education, air pollution, tobacco use, obesity, violence, suicide, alcohol use, infectious blood-borne disease; all preventable factors that affect the health status of Massachusetts residents. The report guides our dialogue with policy makers, academicians, researchers, clinicians, providers and others in creating programs to support improving individual and community health. The Massachusetts Health Council is committed to continued ongoing trends measurement to track those successful programmatic or public policy changes that do improve our “common health”. Up-to-the-Minute Electronic Updates Providing the latest information on a variety of aspects of the health care system, including legislative news, and program updates. Information from member organizations is made available to all members to promote their activities and programs. Annual Award Dinner Our annual Award Dinner, held in October, honors individuals for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of the health of the residents of the Commonwealth. Only Massachusetts Health Council members may nominate individuals for this award.

1 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

On behalf of our Board of Directors and the over 150 Massachusetts Health Council members, thank you for the opportunities to work with you to improve and protect the health of the residents and communities of Massachusetts. During these challenging times, the Council remains committed to its agenda to promote prevention and wellness as we all tackle the challenges of health care reform and cost reduction.

The Council plays a unique role in our state as a convener of diverse perspectives on a variety of critical health care issues. Our 2014 annual meeting brought together some of the top leaders in the state to discuss payment reform and the impact it will have on the quality and effectiveness of health care in our state.

In our education forums, we provide an opportunity to discuss some of the important issues of the day. This year’s conferences included the sold out “Integration of Behavioral and Medical Health” and “Storefront Health Care”. Our conferences are attended by a variety of public officials, care givers, health care providers, regulators, business leaders, and administrators leading to interesting discussions and significant transfer of information and knowledge.

Our commitment to getting valuable health information out to the public was demonstrated by two initiatives this year; our Barber/Beauty Shop Health Information Dissemination Project and our very popular State House Health Fair for legislators and all State House employees.

Through educational programs, civic engagement and dialogue, and publication of critical trends, the MHC encourages the best thinking and productive action among a broad set of stakeholders. If you are not a member of the Council, there is no other organizational membership that will ensure you the level of access, networking, and information sharing that the MHC provides. We hope you will visit our website and join. Thank you for supporting us and helping to advance our mission to attain better health for all our residents.

Susan H. Servais Executive Director

2 2013-2014 Annual Report FROM THE PRESIDENT

In its 94th year, the Massachusetts Health Council continues to work tirelessly in supporting legislation that will have a positive impact on the health of the residents of the Commonwealth. Initiatives such as the landmark health reform law, the school nutrition bill, obesity prevention, tobacco control and the creation of the Prevention for Health Caucus are impacting the daily lives of our families and neighbors.

This past year was another active one for the Council. Whether it was our conference on integrating behavioral health and medical health, the Barber Shop/Beauty Salon Health Info Campaign or today’s Storefront Health Care conversation, the Massachusetts Health Council continues to be at the forefront of important health care issues in the Commonwealth. This fall, the release of our biannual, nationally recognized report, “Common Health for the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Report on the Preventable Determinants of Health” will continue to guide policy discussions in Massachusetts.

An organization is only as successful as its members and none of the Council’s accomplishments would have been possible without the support and input from our members, who represent the entire spectrum of health care in Massachusetts. More than 150 strong, the membership of the Massachusetts Health Council is able to speak with one voice that continues to be powerful, respected and effective after nearly a century.

Also deserving recognition is our Executive Director, Susan Servais, and her incredible staff, whose dedication and leadership make the Massachusetts Health Council an effective organization and its programs a valuable component of promoting health in Massachusetts. I also wish to thank each member of the Council’s Board and Executive Committee who helped to reaffirm our mission and raise the visibility of our Council to new and diverse constituencies.

It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your President. I thank all who made this year so successful and look forward to working with you again in the upcoming year to ensure Massachusetts remains a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family.

Marc Hymovitz President, MA Health Council

3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

2013–2014 OFFICERS President – Marc Hymovitz – Director of Government Affairs, American Cancer Society, Cancer Action Network Vice President – Rebecca Haag – President and CEO, AIDS Action Committee Treasurer – Scott Plumb – Senior Vice President, MA Senior Care Secretary – Michael Sroczynski, Esq – Vice President, Government Advocacy MA Hospital Association 2013–2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Roger Boucher – Sr. Vice President, Healthcare Institutions, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Erin Bradley – Executive Director, Children’s League of Massachusetts Corinne Broderick – Executive Vice President, MA Medical Society Magnolia Contreras – Director, Community Benefits, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Fay Donohue – President & CEO, Delta Dental of MA Elmer Freeman, MSW – Executive Director, Center for Community Health, Education, Research, and Service Chet Jakubiak – Executive Director, MA Association of Older Americans Diane Jeffery, RN – Executive Director, MA Association of Registered Nurses Nancy Lane, PhD – CEO, MA Behavioral Health Partnership Richard Lord – President & CEO, Associated Industries of MA Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD – President & CEO, Dimock Community Health Center Lora Pellegrini – President & CEO, MA Association of Health Plans Ruselle Robinson, Esq. – Posternak, Blankenstein & Lund Marci Sindell – Chief External Affairs Officer, Atrius Health Helene Solomon – President, Solomon McCown & Co. Gerard Vitti – President & CEO, Healthcare Financial, Inc. 2013–2014 ADVISORY COMMITTEE Myron Allukian, Jr., DDS, MPH – Oral Health Consultant Raymond Considine – President, Health Resources in Action James W. Hunt, Jr. – President and CEO, MA League of Community Health Centers Richard Lawless – Executive Director, MA Society of Optometrists David Matteodo – Executive Director, MA Association of Behavioral Health Systems

4 2013-2014 Annual Report EDUCATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

16th Annual Pharmacy Public Health Policy Symposium Tuesday, January 16, 2014 Almost 400 attendees participated in this annual educational program presented by the MA Health Council’s Pharmacy Committee at the Westin Waltham Hotel. The issues addressed at this conference included: Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Coalition Community Anti-Drug Abuse Coalitions and how pharmacists can get involved. David Morgan, RPh., Chairman, Weymouth Substance Abuse Team Norfolk District Attorney’s Office Naloxone: The Partnership of Law Enforcement and the Department of Public Health. Lt. Detective Patrick Glynn, Quincy Police Department Specialty Pharmacy: What Does the Future Hold? The speaker was James Smeeding, Executive Director, National Association of Specialty Pharmacy Compliance and Transitions of Care D. Clay Ackerly, M.D.,M.Sc., Massachusetts General Hospital, Joseph Calomo, PharmD, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, Diane Bergeron, RN, MSM, CAHA, Executive Director, VNA Hospice Care, Janice Sylvestri, Rehabilitation Manager, VNA Care Network and Hospice Veterinary Pharmacy and the Role of the Pharmacist Justin McDowell, RPh., FACVP, Intown Veterinary Group, Patrick M. Welch, DVM, MBA, DACVO, InTown Veterinary Group, Regulatory/Legislative Update Madeleine Biondolillo, MD, Director, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality, MA Department of Public Health, Paul Jeffrey, PharmD, Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Affairs, Commonwealth Medicine, Director of Pharmacy, MassHealth, Karen Ryle, MS, RPh., Associate Chief of Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Closing Remarks Jack Reynolds, PharmD, Dean, Northeastern University School of Pharmacy

5 Policy Program: “The Integration of Behavioral Health and Medical Health” April 3, 2014, Westin Copley Place, Boston

Policy Program: “The Integration of Behavioral Health and Medical Health” April 3, 2014, Westin Copley Place, Boston

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The Moderator was Constance Horgan, Sc.D. and the panelists discussed : Strengthening the BH System through Alternative Payment Nancy Lane, PhD, CEO, MA Behavioral Health Partnership, President, MA Market, ValueOptions The Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) model is it working? Jeff Simmons, MD, Medical Director for Behavioral Health, BlueCross BlueShield of MA Payment Reform: How Does Behavioral Health Fit Into the Puzzle Tim Murphy, MPP, CEO, Beacon Health Strategies Response: Speakers were David Matteodo, Executive Director, MA Association of Behavioral Health Systems, Vicker DiGravio, President and CEO, Association for Behavioral HealthCare Bridging Cultures of Care: Getting beyond co-location Alexander Blount, EdD, Director, Center for Integrated Primary Care, “The Integration of Behavioral Health Professorand of FamilyMedical Medicine, Community Health” Health and Psychiatry UMass Medical School, Nandini Sengupta, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Health Services, Dimock Center, Program SummaryRachael Bowers, LICSW, Pediatric Social Worker/BHPIP Program Manager, Dimock Center MA Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP). John H. Straus, M.D., Medical Director, Special Projects, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership • MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS o Sherry A. Glied, PhD, Columbia University

• Panel Moderator: Constance Horgan, ScD, The Heller School, Brandeis University • Strengthening the Behavioral Health System through Alternative Payment o Nancy Lane, MA Behavioral Health Partnership • The Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) Model - Is it working? o Jeff Simmons, MD, BlueCross BlueShield of MA • Payment Reform: How Does Behavioral Health Fit Into the Puzzle? (continued) o Tim Murphy, Beacon Health Strategies • Response: 7 o David Matteodo, MA Association of Behavioral Health Systems o Vicker DiGravio, Association for Behavioral HealthCare

• Bridging Cultures of Care: Getting Beyond Co-location o Alexander Blount, EdD, UMass Medical School o Nandini Sengupta, MD, The Dimock Center o Rachael Bowers, LICSW, The Dimock Center

• MA Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP) o John H. Straus, MD, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership

• The Behavioral Health Needs of Our Veterans o Todd LaBreck, LICSW, VA Boston Healthcare System

• The MA Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (MASBIRT) Program: Addressing Substance Use in Primary Care” o Christine Pace, MD, Boston Medical Center, BU School of Medicine

• LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS o Honorable Patrick Kennedy, former Rhode Island Congressman

• Addressing and Overcoming Stigma o Stamp Out Stigma video o Attorney Joseph D. Feaster, Jr. , McKenzie & Associates o Marylou Sudders, MSW, ACSW, Boston College j • In Our Own Voice o Moderator: Laurie Martinelli, National Alliance on Mental Illness o Two Personal Journeys from Mental Illness to Success o Megan Wiechnik and Keith Godbout

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• MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS • MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS o Sherry A. Glied, PhD, Columbia University o Sherry A. Glied, PhD, Columbia University

• Panel Moderator: Constance Horgan, ScD, The Heller • Panel Moderator: Constance Horgan, ScD, The Heller School, Brandeis University School, Brandeis University • Strengthening the Behavioral Health System through Alternative Payment • Strengthening the Behavioral Health System through o Nancy Lane, MA Behavioral Health Partnership Alternative Payment • The Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) Model - Is it o Nancy Lane, MA Behavioral Health Partnershipworking? o Jeff Simmons, MD, BlueCross BlueShield of MA • The Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) Model •- Is Paymentit Reform: How Does Behavioral Health Fit Into the working? Puzzle? o Jeff Simmons, MD, BlueCross BlueShield of MAo Tim Murphy, Beacon Health Strategies • Response: • Payment Reform: How Does Behavioral Health Fit Into theDavid Matteodo, MA Association of Behavioral Health Systems Puzzle? o Vicker DiGravio, Association for Behavioral HealthCare o Tim Murphy, Beacon Health Strategies • Bridging Cultures of Care: Getting Beyond Co-location • Response: o Alexander Blount, EdD, UMass Medical School o David Matteodo, MA Association of Behavioralo HealthNandini Sengupta,Systems MD, The Dimock Center o Vicker DiGravio, Association for Behavioral HealthCo Rachaelare Bowers, LICSW, The Dimock Center

• MA Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP) • Bridging Cultures of Care: Getting Beyond Co-locationo John H. Straus, MD, Massachusetts Behavioral Health o Alexander Blount, EdD, UMass Medical School Partnership o Nandini Sengupta, MD, The Dimock Center The behavioral health needs of our veterans • The Behavioral Health Needs of OurTodd Veterans LaBreck, LICSW, Counselor, VA Boston Healthcare System, Iraqi War Combat Veteran o o Todd LaBreck, LICSW, VA Boston Healthcare System Rachael Bowers, LICSW, The Dimock Center The MA Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (MASBIRT) Program:

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2 Barbershop & Beauty Salon Health Information Dissemination Project Kickoff: April 17, 2014

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With Valda at Blooming Nails State House Health Fair April 3, 2014 On April 30, 2014, the Council produced a successful health fair for state legislators, their staff members, and all employees at the State House. Executive Director Susan Servais had suggested such an event be coordinated with the Prevention for Health Caucus. Caucus State House Health Fair co-chairs State Senator Harriette Chandler and State April 3, 2014 Representative Jason Lewis were excited to include this new On April 30, 2014, the Council produced a successful health fair for state legislators, their staff initiative as part of the Caucus’s agenda as a way of having members, and all employees at the State House. Executive their legislative colleagues experience health and wellness Director Susan Servais had suggested such an event be coordinated with the Prevention for Health Caucus. Caucus activities on site. 14 stations provided information, co-chairs State Senator Harriette Chandler and State resources, screenings and referrals on various health topics. Representative Jason Lewis were excited to include this new Over 150 people attended the health fair and participated initiative as part of the Caucus’s agenda as a way of having in screenings. With this successful experience, the Council their legislative colleagues experience health and wellness hopes to organize additional health fairs in the future at the State House and at the requestactivities of other on site. 14 stations provided information, organizations. resources, screenings and referrals on various health topics. Over 150 people attended the health fair and participated Information & Screening Stations included: in screenings. 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• Blood Pressure • Information & Screening Stations included: Medication Awareness • • Diabetes Information Blood Pressure • • Cholesterol Medication Awareness • Oral Health • Diabetes Information • Selecting a Primary Care Provider • Cholesterol • Walking & Running • Oral Health • Health Plans for State Employees • • Selecting a Primary Care Provider Health Trivia Game • Peripheral Arterial Disease • Walking & Running

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Storefront Health Care: Exploring a New Delivery Model 2014 Annual Meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2014 The 2014 annual meeting was presented on Tuesday, June 11, 2014 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Mas- sachusetts is witnessing an expansion of urgent care ad storefront clinics with names such as MinuteClinic, CareWell, Health Express, Doctors Express, and others. They are being opened by retailers, investors, physicians, insurers, and hospitals as a service to fill the gap between traditional physician practices, health centers, and hospital emergency rooms. With a distinguished keynote and diverse panel of expert stakeholders, the MHC explored the implications for primary care delivery of these new models and the issues of access, cost, and quality. Keynote Address: Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, MSc, Adjunct Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation, As- sociate Professor Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Professor Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Moderator: Martha Bebinger, Reporter WBUR Panelists: for the Nursing Perspective Stephanie Ahmed, DNP, President, MA Coalition of Nurse Practitioners; for the Hospital Perspective, Teriggi Ciccone, MD, Medical Director, Walk In Urgent Care Winchester Hospital; for the Consumer Perspective, Elmer Freeman, MSW, Center for Community Health, Education, Research, and Service; for the Storefront Provider Perspective, Shaun Ginter, CEO, CareWell Urgent Care; for the Community Health Center Perspective, Holly Oh, MD, Chief Medical Officer, The Dimock Center; for the Physician Perspective, William Ryder, Esq, MA Medical Society; and for the Insure Perspective, Rick Weisblatt, PhD, Senior Vice President Provider Networks Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

12 2013-2014 Annual Report THE MHC AS AN ADVISOR TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

The Governor’s Prevention and Wellness Trust Advisory Board The Prevention and Wellness Trust established by Chapter 224 is the vehicle to bring prevention initiatives to cities and towns transforming the health of our communities and contributing to lowering the cost of health care. Governor Deval Patrick appointed Susan Servais, Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Council, to the Massachusetts Prevention and Wellness Trust Advisory Board, created as a part of the 2012 health care cost containment legislation (Chapter 224). The Trust, the first of its kind in any state in the nation, is charged with granting $60 million in funds over a four year period to communities that are launching prevention programs across the Commonwealth. Based on the MA Health Council’s long-term commitment to prevention and wellness, Servais is among a handful of public health advocates who were charged with creating the Trust RFR and evaluating the RFR grant applications. The RFR requirements are substantial and require the building of partnerships. The strategy to use these grants to improve health and reduce health care costs was to make a relatively small number of large awards (6-12 grants) to neighborhoods and communities across the state. The Advisory Board established a list of priorities issue that need to be addressed. Grants that worked on optional issues were also considered but each awardee was required to address at least two of the four priority health conditions and optional conditions could be included only if they strengthened the overall proposal. The proposals were required to focus on areas with a population ranging from 30,000-120,000. Partnerships were required which included a municipality/regional planning agency, a community based organization, and a clinical health provider. Strategies were required to include individual behavior change as well as policy system and environmental change in communities and clinical settings. The four priority health risk factors include tobacco use, pediatric asthma, hypertension, and falls among older adults. It was recommended that mental health conditions, such as depression, be included as a co-morbid for any of the priority issues. The determination of priority issues was based on the likelihood that effective interventions would lead to measurable improvements in health ad reductions in costs during the grant period.

“The Prevention and Wellness Trust grants give us an opportunity to fund replicable, evidence-based programs that utilize best practices and have successful and measurable outcomes, reducing health care costs while improving health status and quality of care,” said Servais. “As a member of the Trust Advisory Board, I also hope we will investigate ways in which the State might partner with private foundations and donors to cover the start-up costs of some of the new community-based prevention programs which, once proven effective, can be sustained by state funds. I am honored to have been selected to participate in the search for promising prevention initiatives and to help guide the successful implementation of this very important new program.”

13 The MA Department of Public Health Preventive Health & Human Services Block Grant Advisory Board The purpose of this external Advisory Committee is to provide guidance to the Department of Public Health and its senior management regarding the use of Federal Health and Human Services Block Grant funds. The PHHSBG comes through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is designed to allow states to address their own unique public health needs and challenges with innovative and community driven methods. (See this website for additional information: http://www.cdc.gov/phhsblockgrant/ about.htm.) This year the federal budget has increased funding to the PHHSBG and the allocation to Massachusetts (beginning October 1, 2014) is $3,881,777 – a substantial increase over last year’s funding of $1,927,037. To begin planning for the use of these resources, the Department has proposed some priorities which the Advisory Board will review and approve including: Initiatives that are priorities in the State Health Improvement Plan Support for key DPH infrastructure and accreditation need Support for local and regional health efforts Support for programs impacted by the elimination of the Community Transformation Grant Required sexual assault set-aside

The MA Prevention for Health Caucus—a creation of the MA Health Council Chairs, Senator Harriette Chandler and Representative Jason Lewis We are committed to the primacy of prevention, not only because it will save resources––and there is increasing scientific evidence that it will do that––but more importantly because prevention ensures the quality of our lives, the viability of our communities, and the vibrancy of our society. In the past decade, evidence-based research has forged a robust science of prevention. Massachusetts’ institutions have gathered and documented federal, philanthropic, and industrial health research in this area. The MA Health Council proposed a Prevention for Health Caucus for the Massachusetts Legislature to host regular meetings of legislators with experts in prevention. Thanks to Senator Harriette Chandler and Representative Jason Lewis, this caucus has become a reality and is a vibrant working Caucus that will have an impact on improving health status in Massachusetts. This bipartisan, multisectorial Prevention Caucus, will be a vital venue for transforming science into policy and practice, reducing the disparities in the burden of illnesses among our population, and realizing our vision of a healthy, “caring commonwealth.” It will encourage state leaders to support and endorse statewide efforts to promote healthy behaviors, provide access to high quality health care, and create healthy communities by framing a dialogue, and focussing public policy within the General Court. The Caucus also provides key speakers in the area of prevention to the General Court, administration, and Attorney General’s office. The goal is to promote the value of an investment in prevention to save money and lives.

14 2013-2014 Annual Report State Health Improvement Plan Coalition In fall 2013 we participated in State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) Planning Retreats sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Along with other Massachusetts health care stakeholders, our charge was to provide input to the DPH “in developing an evidence-based, data-informed State Health Improvement Plan to improve the health status of Massachusetts residents.” The SHIP ultimately will provide “guidance to the health department, its partners, and stakeholders for improving health of the population.” With our colleagues, we engaged in an intensive process of identifying health and policy priorities as well as determining measureable outcomes and roles of individuals and organizations that could be responsible for implementing strategies. Major areas that were discussed and considered as priorities included: chronic disease; physical activity/ healthy eating; substance abuse; mental health; environmental health; obesity; tobacco use; asthma; infectious diseases; maternal/child health; alcohol use; HIV/AIDS; STIs; violence/homicide; disability; unintentional injuries; tuberculosis; occupational health; oral health and suicide.

MA Health Council Board Member Elmer Freeman Jeff Stone, MA Health Council Director of (seated at left) who is Executive Director of the Center Programs, participating in one of the for Community Health Education Research and SHIP Retreat break-out groups. Service, was a participant in the SHIP deliberations. Guest Speakers at MHC Board and Committee Meetings Once again this year the MHC was able to bring key leaders and policy makers to our members for provocative and informative small committee meetings. These meetings provide the opportunity for networking with decision-makers and leaders. 9-25-13 Senator John Keenan, Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on Public Health 11-18-13 Secretary John Polanowicz, MA Division of Health and Human Services 1-7-14 Wendy Landman Executive Director, WalkBoston. 3-11-14 Kathryn Powers Regional Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, Region I USHHS 5-13-14 Christie Hagar Regional Director, US Health and Human Services, Regional I 5-21-14 Laurence Stuntz Director of the Massachusetts E-Health Institute

15 MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH COUNCIL AWARD DINNER

The 2013 Award Dinner marked the 93rd anniversary of the MA Health Council and the 33rd year of this award ceremony. Each year we celebrate healthy living and healthy eating while honoring individuals, as well as organizations, who have made outstanding contributions to promoting and protecting the health of the residents of the Commonwealth. The first Award was given in 1980. Five awards were presented with a sold-out crowd of 550 in attendance at the Renaissance Waterfront Hotel in Boston on October 15, 2013. Four individuals were selected for Outstanding Leadership in Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Residents of the Commonwealth: Stephen Boswell, MD, President and CEO, Fenway Health, Donna Latson Gittens, Principal and Founder, MORE Advertising, The Honorable Therese Murray, President, MA State Senate, Eric Schultz, President and CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Stephen Boswell, MD Donna Latson Gittens The Hon. Therese Murray Eric Schultz

In addition, Eastern Bank was awarded for their outstanding workplace wellness program with the MHC’s Healthiest Workplace Award. Celebrity Chef Michael Schlow, Chef/Owner Via Matta, Alta Strada, Barrio Cantina, and Tico presided over the menu and 10 chefs from Boston area hospitals competed in the Tastiest Healthy Appetizer competi- tion. Pam Cross of WCVB Channel 5 was the Mistress of Ceremonies and Artists for Humanity designed and created the Awards. It was a fun, inspirational evening for all which benefited the MA Health Council’s continuing work to improve health status for all the residents of the Commonwealth.

16 2013-2014 Annual Report Chefs from Boston Childrens’ Hospital Awardee Senate President Therese Representative Jeffrey Sanchez compete in Hospital Chef Challenge Murray with staff and friends with Executive Director Susan Servais

Dinner Chairs, Delia Vetter Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker Awardee Eric Schultz, and Peter Mongeau with with Jarvis Green, Susan Servais, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care awardee Steven Boswell and Celebrity Chef Michael Schlow

Dinner Chairs, Delia Vetter Former New England Patriot Hospital Chef Challenge winners and Peter Mongeau with awardee Jarvis Green attends the aMHC Gala South Shore Hospital Donna Gittens and helps judge the Chefs’ Challenge (Susan is modeling one of Jarvis’ three Super Bowl rings!)

17 COMMITTEES

AWARD DINNER COMMITTEE Co-Chairs, Peter Mongeau and Delia Vetter Members Peter Mongeau, Mercer, and Delia Vetter, EMC, were the 2013 Award Dinner Co-Chairs. The Award Dinner Committee met in December 2012 to plan the 2013 Award Dinner. Nominations for awardees were submitted from the member organizations of the MA Health Council. The Committee selected the recipients which were approved by the Board of Directors. Clappazzola Partners was once again hired to serve as our event planners. (For details see Award Dinner p. 18).

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Chair, Scott Plumb The Budget and Finance Committee consists of the officers of the Council and is chaired by the Treasurer. This committee is charged with developing the budget for the MA Health Council and presenting it to the Board of Directors for approval. The Massachusetts Health Council is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The annual independent accountant’s review of the organization is done by Fulchino, O’Reilly & Company. The FY15 budget was presented to the Board of Directors and approved at the May 2014 Board Meeting.

HEALTH POLICY COMMITTEE Co-Chairs, James W. Hunt, Jr. and Michael Sroczynski, Esq. This was a very busy year for the Health Policy Committee. The Council actively followed and informed members of the health related state budget line items that we track and the health care bills that are of concern to the MA Heath Council and our members. Letters were sent to the Governor, Senate President, Speaker of the House, Co-chairs of the Committees on Public Health, Health Care Financing, Human Services, and Ways and Means. The MHC participates in agenda setting for the legislative Prevention for Health Caucus at the State House. A caucus which was developed by the MA Health Council. The health indicators that we address in our health status indicator report continue to be the MA Health Council’s priority health issues. Access to health care, health care costs, prevention and wellness are continually addressed by the Council. The Massachusetts Health Council will continue to work with our members, the public and policy makers to improve and protect the health of the residents of Massachusetts

18 2013-2014 Annual Report NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chair, Jerry Vitti Nominations for Board seats are received from member organizations and the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee met in March of 2014 to select the 2014-2015 slate of officers and Board members. The committee members included Jerry Vitti, Rick Lord, and Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD. The slate was presented and approved by the Board of Directors at the May 2014 Board meeting for election at the annual meeting, June 11, 2014.

PHARMACY COMMITTEE Co-chairs, Kathy Keough and Dennis Lyons The Pharmacy Committee met every other month and offered a forum for discussion among the members. The Pharmacy Committee has been in existence for over 25 years. The meetings are attended by MHC members who are concerned with pharmacy issues. The committee consists of pharmacists, consumers, pharmacy colleges, representatives from the Boards of Registration of Pharmacy and Nursing, pharmaceutical corporations, health plans, the U.S. Dept. of Food and Drugs, the MA Dept. of Public Health and other MA Health Council members who have an interest in pharmacy issues. The goal of the committee is to promote medication awareness, safety, and access. This Committee presented an educational forum in January 2014 (see Programs page 7).

MEDIA COVERAGE: OUR VISABILITY IS A BENEFIT TO OUR MEMBERS

Boston Business Journal May 13, 2013 Gov. Patrick appoints Susan Servais to the Massachusetts Prevention and Wellness Trust Advisory Board.

Patriot Ledger November 8, 2013 Healthy Hospital Food

Boston Business Journal (also reprinted in the Springfield Republican) January 17, 2014 Want ROI? Start the New Year Off with a Company Wellness Program by Susan Servais

Boston Neighborhood Network News interview with Chis Lovett April 17, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0st8maOqHFg&feature=youtu.be

Dorchester Reporter April 24, 2014 MHC launches a new Barber Shop/Beauty Salon health info campaign.

19 MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH COUNCIL MEMBERS

Action for Healthy Kids Dana Farber Cancer Institute AIDS Action Committee Delta Dental of Massachusetts Allergan DentaQuest Foundation Alzheimer’s Assoc. MA & NH Chapter DGL Consultants America’s Compounding Center Dimock Community Health Center American Cancer Society, NE Division Doctors Express American Heart Assoc/Am Stroke Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Program American Lung Association of NE at Newton Wellesley Hospital American Red Cross of Eastern MA EMC Corporation AMGEN, Inc. Executive Office of Health and Human Services Arthritis Foundation NE Region Gates Healthcare Associates Assoc For Behavioral Healthcare Genentech Associated Industries of MA Genzyme a Sanofi Company Astellas Pharma US, Inc. GlaxoSmithKline AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Governor’s Office Atrius Health Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Bank of America Merrill Lynch Group Insurance Commission Bayer HealthCare Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Beacon Health Strategies Harvard Univ. School of Public Health Better Oral Health for Massachusetts Coalition Health Care For All BlueCross BlueShield MA Health Management Resources BlueCross BlueShield MA Foundation Health Resources in Action Boston Alliance for Community Health Healthcare Financial, Inc. Boston Benefit Partners Healthy Cooking for Life Boston Center for Independent Living Healthy Waltham Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing Hebrew SeniorLife Boston Hlth Care for Homeless Heidi Hoffman Consulting Boston Public Health Commission Home Care Aide Council Brain Injury Association of MA Home Care Alliance of MA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Integrated Pharmacy Solutions Brookside Community Health Center John Hancock Financial Services BU School of Public Health John Snow, Inc. Cambridge College Johnson & Johnson Cambridge Health Alliance Johnson Compounding & Wellness Center Center for Community Health Education Research & Service Kearney, Donovan & McGee, P.C. Center for Health Information and Analysis Lawrence Ford & Associates Center for Social Innovation LeadingAge Massachusetts Children’s League of Massachusetts Lilly, USA Coca-Cola Refreshments Mancuso Communication Strategies Commonwealth Care Alliance March of Dimes, MA Chapter Community Catalyst Mass. Assoc. for School-Based Health Care Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals Mass. Assoc. of Behavioral Health Systems Covidien Mass. Assoc. of Community Health Craven & Ober Policy Strategists Mass. Assoc. of Health Plans

20 2013-2014 Annual Report Mass. Assoc. of Health Underwriters Nat’l Assoc. Soc. Workers, Mass Chapter Dana Farber Cancer Institute Mass. Assoc. of Older Americans Neighborhood Health Plan Delta Dental of Massachusetts Mass. Assoc. of Registered Nurses Network Health DentaQuest Foundation Mass. Bankers Association New England AIDS Education and Training Center DGL Consultants Mass. Behavioral Health Partnership North American Indian Center of Boston Dimock Community Health Center Mass. Chiropractic Society, Inc. Northeast Pharmacy Service Corp Doctors Express Mass. Coalition for Oral Health Northeastern University Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Program Mass. Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors Novo Nordisk at Newton Wellesley Hospital Mass. Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Organization of Nurse Leaders MA, RI EMC Corporation Mass. Council of Comm Hospitals Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. Executive Office of Health and Human Services Mass. Council of Human Svc Providers Partners HealthCare Gates Healthcare Associates Mass. Dept. of Developmental Services Partners HealthCare at Home Genentech Mass. Dept. of Mental Health Pfizer Inc. Genzyme a Sanofi Company Mass. Dept. of Public Health PharmaPro Pharmacy Consulting GlaxoSmithKline Mass. Developmental Disabilities Council PhRMA Governor’s Office Mass. Dietetic Association Posternak Blankstein & Lund Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Mass. Executive Office of Elder Affairs Providers’ Council Group Insurance Commission Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary Purdue Pharma Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Mass. General Hospital Comm Hlth Rare Disease United Foundation Harvard Univ. School of Public Health Mass. Geriatric Society Samaritans, Inc. Health Care For All Mass. Health Data Consortium Screening for Mental Health Health Management Resources Mass. Health Sciences Library Network Senior Whole Health Health Resources in Action Mass. Hospital Association Solomon McCown & Co Healthcare Financial, Inc. Mass. League of Comm Health Centers South Cove Community Health Center Healthy Cooking for Life Mass. Medical Society South Shore VNA Healthy Waltham Mass. Medical Society Alliance Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA Hebrew SeniorLife Mass. Nonprofit Network Spina Bifida Assoc of NE Heidi Hoffman Consulting Mass. Nurses Association Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Home Care Aide Council Mass. Pain Initiative The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Home Care Alliance of MA Mass. Pharmacists Association The Boston Foundation Integrated Pharmacy Solutions Mass. Podiatric Medical Society The Children’s League of MA John Hancock Financial Services Mass. Public Health Assoc. The Disparities Solution Center John Snow, Inc. Mass. Rehabilitation Commission The Health Foundation of Central MA Johnson & Johnson Mass. Senior Care Association The New England Council Johnson Compounding & Wellness Center Mass. Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons The Strategy Group Kearney, Donovan & McGee, P.C. Mass. Society of Optometrists Tobacco Free Mass Lawrence Ford & Associates Mass. Taxpayers Foundation Tufts Health Plan LeadingAge Massachusetts MassHealth U. of MA/Boston-Health Services Lilly, USA MassPRO UniCare Life & Hlth Ins. Co. Mancuso Communication Strategies MCAAP UnitedHealthcare Community & State March of Dimes, MA Chapter McDermott, Quilty and Miller, LLP Vida Health Communications, Inc. Mass. Assoc. for School-Based Health Care Merck Wellness Workdays Mass. Assoc. of Behavioral Health Systems Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Women of Means Mass. Assoc. of Community Health NAMI Massachusetts Zurick Davis Physician Executive Search Mass. Assoc. of Health Plans

21 MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH COUNCIL STAFF

Susan H. Servais Jeffrey Stone Phyllis Cudmore Executive Director Director, Programs Director, External Affairs

Betty Segal Caylin Marotta Office Manager Program Assistant Celebrating 94 years of promoting and protecting the health of the residents of the Commonwealth